Bariloche, North Patagonia, The Lake District
Trip Start
May 27, 2008
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Trip End
Sep 06, 2008
San Carlos de Bariloche,
Patagonia,
Argentina
Thursday, June 12, 2008
22 Hours on the bus !!! even though it had flat beds (Tutto Leto ) i felt like i had done 10 rounds with Tyson. All in all though good value for money compared to flying. The hostel was advertised as lake views, when we arrived we found that it was on the shore (literally) of Lake Nahuel Huapi. The lake is huge it looked more like a bay on the ocean, decided to try to stay awake and had a wander around Bariloche, this lasted for about an hour then we both flaked out and got some much needed shut eye.
By now Rae had developed the particularly nasty strain of man flu, (obviously not as bad mine!!) so we had a couple of chilling days, it was freezing.
On the 3rd day (Thursday) we were told by the hostel that the ski season was due to start on saturday, so we decided to stay on for a few days with the intention of getting some snowboarding in. We also booked a boat trip from Puerto Natales to Puerto Mont through the Chilean fjords. Also booked a bus to Puerto Madryn to see the whales.
While we were waiting for the lifts to open we booked a short excursion to the mountains. the bus took us to a local chair lift, views were incredible and the cameras were working overtime. On the way back the tour guide took a detour to the Ski centre, Catedral where it became obvious that there was very little snow, we had a chat to the locals who told us the opening date had been delayed by a week. Ooops 3 -4 days wasted!!
Wasted may not be the right phrase as Bariloche is an excellent town and its been nice just taking the foot of the gas for a bit and taking it easy. With all this time to consider our options we have now cancelled the boat trip and the the bus and have re booked a bus to Mendoza, looked at all the guides and it seemed that very little would be open further South, and all we would see was ice and snow. ( as usual planning is not our strong point)
Not much else to report really but will load up a few of the photos to show you the scenery, (sorry Ham still no bikini clad women!!)
Comments
Patagonia
The photos are great and glad you are having some'chill' out time. Hope you are both feeling better and Rae dad loved the postcard! Mum xx
Hey hey hey
Hello hello, just bin reading everything sounds FANTASTIC really jealous of cause who isnt!!!!!!!
(Im vice captain for newmarket hockey ladies lol get to boss people around) just had to get that in.
Love u xxlorenxx
mum dad bush
couldn't be left out sounds like your having good time, where to next? At least suns shining here, dad wants to depress you Anton might be going to Aston Villa. love mum dad x
mum and dad jones
Hope you are both ok just wondering where you are now? Just got back from overnighting in Thetford Forest, it was graet.love mum & dad